Lavatory Tower is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. A C1160 Tower.

Lavatory Tower

WRENN ID
scarred-chancel-dock
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
Country
England
Type
Tower
Address
Lavatory Tower, the Cathedral Precincts
OS grid reference
TR 151 579
Coordinates
51.28013, 1.08331
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lavatory Tower, dating from around 1160, is part of Christchurch Monastery located within the cathedral precincts.

Local climate

Lavatory Tower sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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Nearby listed buildings

  1. Prior's Chapel Grade I 15 m
  2. Dark Entry Grade I 21 m
  3. Wolfson Library Grade I 22 m
  4. Chapter House to Christchurch Cathedral Grade I 27 m
  5. Library to Christchurch Cathedral Grade I 30 m
  6. Wall Between No 18 and the Cathedral Grade II 39 m
  7. Prior Sellinge Gate Grade I 43 m
  8. 29a, The Cathedral Precincts Grade II 56 m
  9. Christchurch Cathedral Grade I 56 m
  10. Cathedral Choir School Grade I 62 m